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New target for lung cancer treatment
A team of UC Davis investigators has discovered a protein on the surface of lung cancer cells that could prove [...]
Living donors fare well following liver transplantation, study finds
Researchers in Japan report that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for donors following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was better than the general Japanese population (the norm). This study --...
Privacy vs. protection: Study considers how to manage epidemics in information blackouts
When foot-and-mouth disease swept through the British countryside in early 2001, more than 10 million sheep, cattle and pigs were slaughtered to control the disease. Despite the devastation, the disease...
Exercise associated with slower onset of dementia
Exercise is associated with a slower progression of dementia in some seniors, according to new research, providing a further indication of the likely benefits of physical activity in the later...
Variation May Be Key to Teaching Kids to Read
A little variation goes a long way in teaching phonics, new research shows.
Intensified antibiotic treatment for tuberculous meningitis
Researchers from the Netherlands have conducted the first study globally to show that intensified antibiotic treatment can improve the prognosis of patients with tuberculous (TB) meningitis, the most severe form...
Softening arteries, protecting the heart: Connection between 'good' cholesterol and collagen in heart health
Arterial stiffening has long been considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Keeping arteries soft and supple might reduce disease risk, but the mechanisms of how arteries stave off...
Shoppers Say: Thanksgiving Before Christmas, Please!
Most shoppers don't want to see any Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving is over.
Combination treatment may improve survival of breast cancer patients with brain metastases
Adding an angiogenesis inhibitor to treatment with a HER2-inhibiting drug could improve outcomes for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who develop brain metastases. Investigators report the first preclinical study combining...
Promising therapy developed for Huntington's disease
There's new hope in the fight against Huntington's disease. Scientists have helped design a compound that suppresses symptoms of the devastating disease in mice. The compound is a synthetic antioxidant...
Open enrollment ends Nov. 14
Open enrollment, the annual period when Harvard employees can make changes to their benefits, began Oct. 31. Employees have until Nov. 14 to review and make needed changes to their medical, dental,...
New target discovered for food allergy treatment
Researchers have discovered a novel target for the treatment of food allergies. Levels of the enzyme Pim 1 kinase rise in the small intestines of peanut-allergic mice. Inhibiting activity of...
Genetic test results for Lynch syndrome improved with new computer program
Genetic test results for Lynch syndrome often prove inconclusive, but two new studies show that two-thirds to three-fourths of genetic variants can be classified into categories that indicate the most...
Gene switch important in cancer discovered
Scientists have shown that the "switches" that regulate the expression of genes play a major role in the development of cancer. In a new study they have investigated a gene...
First effective treatment of tumors arising from common genetic disease NF1, suggested by study
Physician-researchers have reported the first effective therapy for a class of previously untreatable and potentially life-threatening tumors often found in children.
Stem cells could heal equine tendon injuries
Tendon injuries affect athletic horses at all levels. Researchers are studying the use of stem cells in treating equine tendon injuries. Stem cells injections are already common veterinary medicine, and...
New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease identified
Medical researchers have identified an enzyme called Monoacylglycerol lipase as a new therapeutic target to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Antibiotics observed attacking tuberculosis: Mass spectrometry shows scientists how antibiotics function inside living bacteria
Researchers report that mass spectrometry, a tool currently used to detect and measure proteins and lipids, can also now allow biologists to "see" for the first time exactly how drugs...
Researchers use blood testing to predict level of enzymes that facilitate disease progression
Researchers are developing a technique for predicting from a simple blood sample the amount of cathepsins -- protein-degrading enzymes known to accelerate certain diseases -- a specific person would produce....
82,000 Pounds of Walnuts Stolen in Twin Heists
Two truckloads of walnuts, worth around $300,000 in total, have gone missing.
Life, Interrupted: Hurricanes and Cancer
For cancer patients like me, and for others who suffer from chronic or life-threatening illnesses, natural disasters don't put health on the back burner. In fact, disasters like this one...
Toilet training methods not responsible for differences in volume of urinary accidents
Physician researchers show that the method of training chosen by parents is not the cause of urinary accidents in children.
Computational medicine enhances way doctors detect, treat disease
Computational medicine, a fast-growing method of using computer models and sophisticated software to figure out how disease develops -- and how to thwart it -- has begun to leap off...
In Storm’s Wake, Rescues, Looting, and a Rising Death Toll
New York faced horror in waterlogged neighborhoods, where rescuers pulled bodies from wreckage, and exasperation elsewhere as more than 3.75 million people entered a third day without electricity.
Silicon Valley's heart with Obama but eyes stray
Silicon Valley is of two minds regarding who should be the next president of the United States.
Cornell offers only U.S. salmonella dublin test for cattle
Salmonella can cause serious disease on cattle farms, killing calves, causing cows to abort, contaminating raw milk and harming humans along the way. As the cattle-adapted strain salmonella dublin creeps...
Unpasteurized cider and juice draw health warning
Health Canada is reminding people that unpasteurized cider and other fruit juices can sometimes be contaminated with harmful bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli.
Cancer report details family financial hardships
Nine out of 10 Canadian families battling cancer are also battling financial debt, according to a study released Thursday.